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Spirit and Truth Fellowship
Mission Statement and Core Values
Revised 5/11/17
Mission Statement
The mission of Spirit and Truth Fellowship is to build up believers to maturity in Christ and through His power at work in us to seek community transformation in Hunting Park and beyond.
Core Values
1. Love for God – “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind” (Matthew 22:37b). We know that nothing we do has eternal value if it does not begin here—with a profound love for the Lord and depth of growing to know the Lord.
2. Love for neighbor – “You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39b). We cannot love the Lord as stated in our first value if we do not have that love extend to our neighbors, no matter who they are or what their circumstances are. The rest of these core values are ways we uniquely desire to exhibit this love.
3. We are committed to Parish Ministry - We recognize that God has placed us in Hunting Park to be His salt and light in this community. Therefore we view our immediate neighborhood as our parish, and our ministries are primarily focused on this neighborhood. We pay special attention to our youth.
4. We are committed to Incarnational Ministry - By this we mean that we want to work, serve, and share our lives in the community in which we live. We don’t separate our life into sacred and secular components, nor do we separate our life in the church from our life in the community.
5. We are committed to the Development of Indigenous Leadership - We are training people from this community to take leadership positions in the church and other ministries. Leaders, regardless of their race, gender, education or economic status, are chosen by God and called to be servants just as Christ was a servant of all.
6. We are committed to Holistic Ministry - Our ministries are designed to meet the needs of the whole person. We attempt to address, in addition to the spiritual needs, the physical, educational, emotional, social, employment, legal, housing, and health needs of people.
7. We are committed to Justice - This includes both personal and systemic justice. We advocate on behalf of those who have been sinned against and harmed by injustices and who often have little or no other recourse.
8. We are committed to Multi-Ethnic Ministry - We celebrate the different racial/ethnic backgrounds and experiences which God has given us. Each culture contributes to the beautiful variety of expressions in our worship, service, and outreach.
9. We are committed to Ministering among the Poor - We find that Scripture clearly places God on the side of the poor and oppressed. As a church, we never want to lose the “Galilean” direction of Christ, who spent much of His time ministering among the poor, the hopeless, the outcasts, and those rejected by society.
10. We are committed to Reconciliation - As urged by God’s Word, we have this ministry of reconciliation because of what God has done in Christ to bring sinful humans back into fellowship with Him. For this reason we are committed to tearing down the walls between people and God and between racial and ethnic groups, economic classes, and men and women.
11. We are committed to Church Planting - We desire to see new churches planted in this and other cities which proclaim the powerful, healing, saving message of the Gospel.